FREED - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Adjective
unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
Example: free expansion; free oxygen; a free electron
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
not fixed in position
Example: the detached shutter fell on him; he pulled his arm free and ran
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Adjective
not limited or hampered
Example: not under compulsion or restraint; free enterprise; a free port; a free country; I have an hour free; free will; free of racism; feel free to stay as long as you wish; a free choice
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Adjective
not held in servitude
Example: after the Civil War he was a free man
Meaning 5
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
not occupied or in use
Example: a free locker; a free lane
Meaning 6
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
not taken up by scheduled activities
Example: a free hour between classes; spare time on my hands
Meaning 7
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
costing nothing
Example: complimentary tickets; free admission
Meaning 8
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
not literal
Example: a loose interpretation of what she had been told; a free translation of the poem
Meaning 9
Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
completely wanting or lacking
Example: writing barren of insight; young recruits destitute of experience; innocent of literary merit; the sentence was devoid of meaning
Meaning 10
Part of speech: Noun
people who are free
Example: the home of the free and the brave
Meaning 11
Part of speech: Adverb
without restraint
Example: cows in India are running loose
Meaning 12
Part of speech: Verb
free or remove obstruction from
Example: free a path across the cluttered floor
Meaning 13
Part of speech: Verb
remove or force out from a position
Example: The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums; He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble
Meaning 14
Part of speech: Verb
release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
Meaning 15
Part of speech: Verb
part with a possession or right
Example: I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest; resign a claim to the throne
Meaning 16
Part of speech: Verb
relieve from
Example: Rid the house of pests
Meaning 17
Part of speech: Verb
grant freedom to
Example: free from confinement
Meaning 18
Part of speech: Verb
free from obligations or duties
Meaning 19
Part of speech: Verb
make (information) available for publication
Example: release the list with the names of the prisoners
Meaning 20
Part of speech: Verb
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
Example: She exempted me from the exam
Meaning 21
Part of speech: Verb
make (assets) available
Example: release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
Meaning 22
Part of speech: Verb
let off the hook
Example: I absolve you from this responsibility